President Trump reversed Pentagon plans to livestream the December 3 firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had announced the livestream last week without Trump's prior knowledge, triggering bipartisan backlash. Hasan's execution will proceed as scheduled, with families of victims still permitted to view it, but it will not be broadcast publicly.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-15
President Trump announced that the scheduled firing squad execution of former Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people, will no longer be livestreamed as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had previously proposed. Trump said the execution will proceed as planned but without public broadcast, though victims' families will still be permitted to view it.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-15
President Trump announced he is abandoning a proposal to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, saying the death sentence will still proceed by firing squad as scheduled. He said the execution will not be broadcast, though immediate families of the victims may choose to witness it in person.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-15
The Pentagon has announced it will livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted in the Fort Hood shooting, by firing squad on Dec. 3. Child psychology experts are urging parents to prepare for the likelihood that children could see footage of the execution, whether through the original broadcast or clips circulating on social media.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-13
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would have the final decision on whether to televise the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. Carr indicated he would not block any Pentagon decision to air the execution on broadcast television.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-10
The Pentagon, under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has announced plans to livestream the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army officer convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people. Officials have not specified which platform would host the stream, leaving open questions about whether sites like X would need to apply or waive their own violent-content rules to allow it.
techdirt.com
· 2026-10-09
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in a CNBC interview that he would leave it to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to decide whether networks can air the planned firing-squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. The Pentagon has said the execution will be livestreamed, which Carr noted likely places it outside FCC jurisdiction over broadcast TV. Major platforms including YouTube, Twitch, Meta, and X have not yet responded to questions about whether they would carry the livestream.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-09
The Verge reports that YouTube, Meta, Twitch, and X did not respond to requests for comment on whether they would allow the US government to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, scheduled for December 3rd by firing squad. TikTok and Kick did respond, both saying such a broadcast would violate their policies against graphic content depicting someone's death.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-09
The Trump administration plans to livestream the military execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the execution will be public, and a Pentagon official told Reuters that streaming details will follow. It would mark the first public U.S. execution since 1936 and the first military firing-squad execution since 1945.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-09
Defense Department officials told the BBC and Associated Press that the execution of former Army Major Nidal Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people, will be livestreamed. The execution is scheduled for December 3rd at 2PM ET. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed plans to make the event publicly viewable in an interview with Real America's Voice.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-08
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